Whether or not to ban electronic cigarettes in public places: this is a question that the Ministry of Health will undoubtedly have to decide in the coming months, as the number of e-cigarette smokers continues to increase in France.
Gradually, vapers are starting to be banned from public transport networks: after the RATP in Paris, the public transport network of Sophia-Antipolis, in the Alpes Maritimes, has also just banned e-cigarettes on its network. Will this exclusion snowball into other public transport networks?
We know that the Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, wishes to ban e-cigarettes in public places for those under 18. She said it loud and clear last May, on World No Tobacco Day. Gradually, the legislative framework is taking shape, but it is for the moment suspended from an advisory opinion of the Council of State which should take place by the end of the month.
According to the 2012 Eurobarometer (an annual survey carried out by the European Commission in the 27 countries of the Union), 23 million Europeans (even 5% of the European population), including 3 million French, have already tasted cigarettes electronic. However, not everyone who tries it adopts it. Of the 3 million French people who have tested the e-cigarette, 500,000 have adopted it.
